To Create a vSwitch

• To create a new switch type: 

                        esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch

• Then add a portgroup

                         esxcfg-vswitch –A internal vSwitch1

                         Note: Lower-case -a for adding a switch, and upper-case -A for adding a portgroup 

•  If you run the command esxcfg-vswitch –l you will see this information

 

•   If you wish to see this reflected in the VI Client then type: 

                          service mgmt-vmware restart
                          Note: This is how my switch configuration looks now

 

Creating a vSwitch (Single NIC)

• In this case we will create a new switch and then the port group like so:

                  esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch2

                  esxcfg –A production

• Next patch a NIC to the vSwitch with

                esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch2

• Note: this is a case-sensitive option. –l lists switches, whereas –L links nic’s to switches
• If you run the command esxcfg-vswitch –l you will see this information

• If you wish to see this reflected in the VI Client then type: 

    service mgmt-vmware restart 

    Note: This is how my switch configuration looks now

Creating a vSwitch ( Multiple NIC's)

•  esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic2 vSwtch1 

                 If you run the command esxcfg-vswitch –l you will see  information

• If you wish to see this reflected in the VI Client then type:

                   service mgmt-vmware restart

                  Note: This is how my switch configuration looks now

Deleting a Switch from vSwitch

Note: I am delete my vSwitch2 to free up my NIC’s…

          esxcfg-vswitch –d vswitch2